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42 Because they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they shall not be sold as a slave.[a] 43 You[b] shall not rule over him with ruthlessness, but[c] you shall revere your God.

44 “‘As for[d] your[e] slave and your[f] slave woman who are[g] yours,[h] from the nations that are all around you,[i] from them you[j] may buy a slave or[k] a slave woman.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 25:42 Literally “a selling of a slave”
  2. Leviticus 25:43 Singular throughout this verse
  3. Leviticus 25:43 Or “and”
  4. Leviticus 25:44 Or “And”
  5. Leviticus 25:44 Singular
  6. Leviticus 25:44 Singular
  7. Leviticus 25:44 Or “may be” (permission; cf. NASU, ESV, NRSV) or “can be” (ability)
  8. Leviticus 25:44 Singular
  9. Leviticus 25:44 Plural
  10. Leviticus 25:44 Plural
  11. Leviticus 25:44 Or “and”